Cheaper alternative to using real estate agents (finding tenants)

[Cynthia B.]

Hi all,

I'm hoping some of you here have experience with real estate agents alternatives that are more affordable?
My current real estate agent will charge almost a full months rent for finding tenants. If the house is empty for a month as well that adds up really fast.

So any suggestions ?  I know there's sites like avail.com, but I'm not so sure about that as it's 100% online.

I have zero experience at this point with any of this. Thanks for any suggestions.

:)